Entertainment

Red Dead Redemption 2

By Jesus Cruz

Nov. 28, 2023

RDR2 is one of the best video games in my opinion and it is the sequel to the first game RDR1. It takes place in 1899 in the wild west era game about a gang named the Vanderline gang trying to make money to escape and live far away where they don't have to worry about law and other gangs where they can live in peace and start over. Just like a book there are chapters chapter one starts off with the gang on the run in the cold windy snowy mountains. They are looking for shelter when the main character is introduced. His name is Arthur Morgan and he is the gang's enforcer. He finds shelter and there the gang are held up for weeks. Arthur and his boss Dutch vander line the gang leader and search for equipment, food, and more shelter when they come across another gang member Micah Bell, remembering him as a big part of the game. Micah finds another farm not too far from them he leads or character to the farm also Arthur and Micah don't get along well. They find their rival gang, the O'driscolls, gun them down and find equipment. Micah finds a woman scared because the rival gang killed her husband. They take her and introduce her as a new member of the gang. After a few days they rob a businessman, probably the richest in America right now. He is very serious but any ways they steal bonds from him worth a lot of money are not enough for them to leave peacefully. The next few chapters are just about robbing, killing and getting money to leave. Some members get killed or leave because the gang is falling apart. The final chapter is probably the saddest. Our character gets a condition named Tuberculosis. It is incurable and he could die at any time. Also, the gang is falling apart. But let me summarize it down. It starts with Arthur Morgan and another member named Charles going on the trip to find another campsite to settle down. They find the spot but it is filled with another gang named the murfree broods. They are insane people who kill everybody they see. After a while they gun them all out and obtain the spot. The next few missions are again getting money but the main character Arthur Morgan helps out the Indians who are being humiliated and killed off. The chief named Rains fall and his son Eagle flies. Eagle flies and Arthur gets close doing stuff like helping out the indian and getting medicine for them. Eagle flies and his gang of Indians go and attack the military the Vanderline gang goes and helps. Dutch seems to be going crazy after losing his friend and other members. He doesn't seem like himself. Not only that but remember Micha bell the other member is talking crazy to him, manipulating him to kill and just do what he wants. When they are fighting, Dutch just wants to get money and goes to the army office and steals bonds. Finally after weeks of getting money he gets a plan robbing an army train filled with goods and riches their ticket to get out and live free. When they are leaving a pipe burst firing hot air in Arthur's eyes Dutch just watches and leaves the army men find Arthur and try to kill him but the eagle flies his friend and the Indian chief's sons gun them down but in the process he gets shot himself. Arthur shoots the guy that shot him and takes eagle flies to the chief. Eagle flies died from his wounds and the Chief and his tribe had to leave. The final mission Starts with the final gang member and Arthur going to rob the train Dutch planned to. One of the members gets shot down. That member is John Marston, the main character in the first game. Dutch goes for him and Arthur and the other members go for the loot; they succeed but lose one of the best members. When going back to camp they see members leaving saying they almost got caught by the law they managed to escape except this one woman in the gang. Everybody leaves when Arthur wants to go save her except his friend, a woman named Sadie Adler, the woman from the first chapter whose husband got killed. They go and save her, facing law, shooting at them when they lose them. Arthur tells them to go far away and not look back. Arthur goes back to the camp FAcing the last members of the gang. He confronts Micah and tells Dutch he was a snitch and ratted them out. Dutch crazy, he takes micahs side. The guy who was thought to be killed arrives shot and alive. He is mad at the Dutch because he wasn't dead and left him to die. The law arrives and the gang finally splits. Arthur and John leave running trying to get away from the law. Arthur is dying and the last thing he wants to do is help John get back to his family. He succeeds but is faced with the rat Micah They fight and tussle Micah tries to gun Arthur but he can't when Arthur goes for the gun his hand is Stepped on by Dutch. Dutch tells him it is over but Arthur tells him he did all for the gang and at the end he won he got everybody out of the gang and helped them start their lives over. Dutch realized his mistake and action and left. Depending on your action you could have made Arthur a good guy or bad If you made him bad or as the game calls it low honor Micah gets the last laugh and shoots Arthur leaving him to die in a sad way. If you make Arthur high honor or a good guy Micah leaves Arthur to die. Arthur Crawls next to a rock, lays down and breathes his last breath. It is the best way to end the game. This game was the best game I had ever played, one of my favorites. I do recommend it if you want to play it.

This article was written by journalism students at Waynesboro High School.